Baseball Quotes

I believe in the Church of Baseball.  I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones.  I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan.  I know things.  For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball.  When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance.  ~Ron Shelton, Bull Durham, 1988

Baseball was made for kids, and grown-ups only screw it up.  ~Bob Lemon

A hot dog at the ballgame beats roast beef at the Ritz.  ~Humphrey Bogart


You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.  ~Roy Campanella


No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.  ~Paul Gallico


There are three things in my life which I really love:  God, my family, and baseball.  The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit.  ~Al Gallagher, 1971

When they start the game, they don't yell, "Work ball."  They say, "Play ball."  ~Willie Stargell, 1981


Baseball is the only place in life where a sacrifice is really appreciated.  ~Author Unknown


The other sports are just sports.  Baseball is a love.  ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981

Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.  ~Woodie Held

Baseball is like a poker game.  Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.  ~Jackie Robinson

Baseball is a ballet without music.  Drama without words.  ~Ernie Harwell, "The Game for All America," 1955